How to Master Your Mind, Body & Breath Like a Warrior | Rickson Gracie (Fan Fav)

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This is a fan fav episode. Reaching your full potential is a pursuit worth going for regardless of your goals for life, business or relationships. You will have so many options and opportunities in life to become extraordinary, the only question is how and what’s stopping you. Rickson Gracie is a living legend with over 450 wins in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. As much of a warrior he has become over the years as a 9th degree red belt, he is also kind, spiritual, and connected in mind and body. His story represents what is achievable when you control your mind, your body, and your spirit. He shares the importance of the breath and what it takes to be uncomfortable, seek out discomfort and learn to master and control yourself in that discomfort. Though you may not be on a mission to become a jiu jitsu competitor, you will still benefit from the lessons shared byu Master Rickson Gracie in this episode. Order Rickson Gracie’s new book, Breathe: A Life In Flow: ⁠https://amzn.to/3CGVz4C⁠ Original air date: 8-17-2021 SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction Rickson Gracie 2:10 | Kindness of a True Warrior 4:26 | Tools of Martial Arts 7:34 | Control Mind Body & Spirit 15:32 | Spiritual Power of a Warrior 17:35 | When the Fight Comes 24:55 | Developing Moral Values 37:18 | Elements Needed for Mindset 40:09 | The Gift of Being Present 46:37 | Allow Kids Their Own Path 50:24 | Uncomfortable Breathing 54:26 | Help Non-Fighters Fight Life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	After my biggest loss in my life, which is losing my son with 18 years old, I was
0:10.6	confused for a while, about three or four years in a dark, thinking about suicidal, thinking
0:17.1	about drugs, thinking about, you know, what's the purpose of life.
0:21.7	And I realized with Hawksor's departure, we may not have tomorrow.
0:26.7	Tomorrow may never happen.
0:28.6	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Impact Theory.
0:31.5	Today, I am joined by a living legend.
0:35.8	This man's life is so extraordinary, the one, the only master, Hickson,
0:40.2	Gracie. Thank you, Tom. Thank you so much for being here, dude. I read your book, cover to cover.
0:47.0	I was blown away. I watched the documentary choke. I knew who you were before I read your book
0:53.4	and before I saw the documentary,
0:55.6	but this was performance on a level. The note I took was this is a person who's actually made
1:02.2	use of his full potential. It is really extraordinary what you've accomplished in Jiu-Jitsu.
1:08.3	Thank you. I mean, the Gracie name at this point is synonymous with Jiu-Jitsu.
1:13.6	In large part, thanks to just your unbelievable accomplishments.
1:17.6	We'll get into some of the specifics for sure as we go, but there was one moment in the documentary
1:22.6	that defined for me why you're so different than everyone I've ever met.
1:29.1	And that is you were in a championship fight, but the way that it was was it was rounds back to
1:34.0	or fights back to back.
1:35.4	So you would beat one opponent, then you'd get paired with another opponent.
1:39.2	And so you and this other guy each had, I think, two full fights before you met.
1:43.3	And he had been punched in the face so many times that he couldn't see.
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